Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epsilon_toxin

1 sense of epsilon toxin

Sense 1
epsilon toxin, Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin -- (a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens; causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria)
       => bacterial toxin -- (any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells)